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GSU's Covington a second-team All-American

NEW YORK - Georgia Southern senior linebacker Chris Covington on Wednesday was selected to The Associated Press Football Championship Subdivision All-America second team.

Stafford not hurried to make NFL decision

Junior quarterback Matthew Stafford, who some draft analysts consider a possible No. 1 overall NFL draft pick, says the evaluation he receives from the NFL's underclassman college advisory committee won't be a determining factor in his decision about whether to stay or go.

"I'm not basing my whole decision on that piece of paper," Stafford said Wednesday.

The committee offers a projection about whether a player has the potential to be drafted in the first, second or third round, later than the third round or not drafted at all.

Stafford said every time he or redshirt sophomore tailback Knowshon Moreno, also considering making the jump to the NFL, walked on stage at the Bulldogs' award gala on Saturday, they heard chants of "one more year." The deadline for underclassmen to declare is Jan. 15.